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Hundreds of Scottish prosecutors and case workers have been given counselling for "vicarious trauma" after working on abuse cases, The Times reports. According to information released by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in response to a Freedom of Information request, nearly 50

A private members' bill to create a new form of protection order in cases of stalking will be brought before the Scottish Parliament by SNP MSP Rona Mackay. The Stalking Protection Bill had initially been proposed by Mairi Gougeon prior to her appointment as a Scottish government minister.

Alan McIntosh writes on problem debt ahead of tomorrow's meeting of the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee. The decision by the Scottish government this week to reject the evidence of Citizen Advice Scotland, Money Advice Scotland, Stepchange and Govan Law Centre over the evidence of Esther McV

Gillespie Macandrew has announced the appointment of commercial property lawyer Andrew Yule as legal director. Mr Yule, who has over 15 years' experience in commercial property, joins the firm following a directorial position at Burness Paull.

Pinsent Masons has been reappointed as the sole advisor to UK energy company E.ON UK until 2023. It marks the second time that the international law firm, with offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, has been appointed as as E.ON UK's sole legal advisor under a five year agreement. The 2013 deal

Elaine Motion, executive chairman at Balfour+Manson, writes on the significance of language in the Article 50 case currently before the courts. Language is critical in politics and the law, not least in the unfolding political and legal machinations of the Brexit process.

The Faculty of Advocates has named Megan Dewart and Michael Way the first winners of The Mike Jones Excellence in Advocacy Prize. Ms Dewart and Mr Way are among the current group of Devils undertaking the Faculty's renowned training programme, which was established in the 1990s by Mike Jones an

Rebecca Barrass provides an insight on a Court of Appeal ruling into a ‘smash and grab’ construction case. Back in March of this year, we issued an update “Smash and Grab”: where are we now? following Mr Justice Coulson’s decision in S&T (UK) LTD v Grove Development

An 87-year-old man has finished a second set of exams in his bid to become a lawyer. Ibarra Mariano, a retired Filipino police officer, is the oldest of around 8,700 people sitting the bar in the Philippines this year.

Professor Alan Watson, who served as professor of civil law at the University of Edinburgh from 1968 to 1980, has passed away. The legal academic, who remained an honorary professor at Edinburgh, died in Athens, Georgia, USA at 85.

A lecture on human rights delivered by London-based academic Professor Philippe Sands QC in Edinburgh has been uploaded to YouTube.

A man found guilty of the repeated rape of a former partner who claimed he was the victim of a “miscarriage of justice” based on “fresh evidence” that the complainer had sent a message to police stating that she had put “an innocent man in jail” has had his appeal

Pictured (L-R): Maralyn Boyle, Maggie’s Partnerships Manager Scotland; Jackie McFarlane; Jenni Guy; Seonaid Cochran Five intrepid explorers from Brodies LLP will be taking on the Arctic to raise funds for Maggie's Cancer Centres in a 70km trek.

Macdonald Henderson has appointed Stacy Campbell as commercial property director. Ms Campbell joins the firm from Lindsays, where she held a similar role.